#Feng shui memes

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[shi-qingxuans-child]

Mu Qing: *Stubs their toe* FUCK!

Xie Lian: Mind your language!

Mu Qing: What else am I supposed to say, "Woe is I"???

Xie Lian: …

Mu Qing: You have to accept that swear words are necessary sometimes. 

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[dreamingofbabylon]

people on normal social media will really just send u links to shit. you're telling me I have to open instagram just to see your little meme pictures? god forbid TIKTOK?? the audacity. can you imagine sending ur friend a tumblr link for a funny little text post. we at least have the courtesy, the SELF AWARENESS to screenshot that beast. I would never send my friends to this place. if you're not already here, it's my burden to bear. I will forage for the Good posts and hand deliver them to u. because I CARE

[windexokoopa]

=) "No no, the feng shui is totally off, you gotta put the murder death machine over there." -Leonardo Davinnsee

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[kala-ya-aan]

😳 🤚🏽i interior decorate like this cuz, any given moment you gotta be prepared to leave everything in 30 seconds & bounce kehhd😤🤣

[doshmanziari]

Hi, everyone. I have a new article up on Substack looking at the Backrooms meme and some related media. It's entitled "Heavenly Purgatories: The Postmodern Labyrinth."

The images above are some of the photographs I took over the years when I lived in Boston and which, for me, convey a kind of atmosphere that I feel is vaguely adjacent to the subject matter.

Here are a few responses to the piece from elsewhere:

I think I like the comparison to purgatory. To me this kind of stuff has a deep appeal, since I often have dreams like this, and enjoy physical spaces with the feel of being haunted by absence. Something about finding beauty in bleakness maybe. But also it can be truly nightmarish and I associate it with the labyrinthine recesses of the Unconscious. The idea of a dreamy maze-like space which I associate with Chamber's The King in Yellow, some of Stephen King's work, and House of Leaves. A piece of Dream Country constructed from the bones of human artifice. I deeply enjoy melancholic feelings a lot of times when I'm having them tho, so this is probably why it resonates so much.

The assessment that it's like the inversion of feng shui is very accurate. An interesting piece of media that explores this thematically is Shadowrun: Hong Kong, in which an eldritch demon attempts to use a perversion of feng shui to break a hole in our reality.

have I pushed "Junkspace" on people here? it's a 1999 essay about architectural design - the author is very negative about a kind of open plan modular nonspace that was expanding then and is ubiquitous now - that I think Backrooms (mostly unintentionally) taps into. the essay has kind of a poetical expression, I think you'll like it. he has another essay out there, that I can't remember exactly but he says sort of "there's no Public Square any more, the symbols of 'Public Life' are things like trash and theft of construction materials and the smell of pee in the urban environment, because that's the remainder of human life that can't be made private and paywalled while more and more of the built environment is anonymized and dehumanized." I feel like the Backrooms Monster is a very similar sort of spectre. What lives in this environment where nothing can live??

[universeislove]

could you list the titles on your danmei tier list? i'm curious about some of them

Yes~

S:

- Golden Terrace / Cang Wu Bin Bai

- The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System / Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

- Yu Wu / Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

- Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation / Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

- Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know / Cyan Wings

- The Husky and His White Cat Shizun / Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat

- Global Examination / Mu Su Li

- Heaven Official’s Blessing / Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

- Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life / Cyan Wings

- Little Mushroom / Yi Shi Si Zhou

- Mistakenly Saving the Villain / Feng Yu Nie

A:

- How to Survive As a Villain / Yi Yi Yi Yi

- Guardian / Priest

- Sha Po Lang / Priest

- Accidental Mark / Die Zhiling

- A Certain Someone / Mu Su Li - Copper Coins / Mu Su Li

- Thousand Autumns / Meng Xi Shi

- The Legendary Master’s Wife / Yin Ya

- Stray / Nian Zhong

B:

- Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil / Feng Liu Shu Dai

- Wu Chang Jie / Shui Qian Cheng

- Faraway Wanderers / Priest

- My Little Poplar / Shui Qian Cheng

- Four O’Clock Flower / Ashitaka

- Assistant Architect / Xi He Qing Ling

- Lovely Allergen / Zhichu

C:

- After I Possessed the Tmall Genie of the School Adonis / Lin Ang Si

- Are You Addicted? / Chai Jidan

- Restricted Area / 空菊

- Black-bellied vs. Black-bellied: Ultimate Showdown / Xi He Qing Ling

- Accidentally Married a Man Full of Vinegar / Yi Mei Niukou

- Fanservice Paradox / Zhichu

- My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness / Can’t Play Chess

D:

- Agreement of Being Gay for 30 Days / Lin Zhiluo

- Your Memes Are Better Looking Than You / Mao Qiu Qiu

- The Wrong Way to a Demon Sect Leader / One Big Goose

- Bite Your Fingertips / Su Jingxian

- This Omega is Sweet and Wild / Mo Li

- How To Say I Love You / Feng Liu Shu Dai

[orenjibot]

5, 10, 11, 23, 29 :3c

ask meme

5. favorite form of potato

mashed and fries (i accept any fry form like french fry, waffle fry, and curly fries, etc.)

10. on a plane, do you ask for apple or orange juice?

orange juice!

11. anything from your childhood you’ve held on to?

I have a really old Bijou (from Hamtaro) plush and a Mickey Mouse (specifically Wizard Mickey) that I still have! They are quite dirty though! haha!

It's not all I have but just a few things from my childhood! These are one of the oldest things I own.

23. do you wear jewelry?

I don't usually because I start stimming when I wear bracelets and rings lmao

I do have a necklace I'm wearing right now for some feng shui stuff to protect me for the coming year.

I can't wear earrings though because my ears are really sensitive to metal.

ALL THAT SAID THOUGH, I do want to wear jewelry more or just someday wear it some more

29. preferred pasta noodle?

UHH... Good question. Maybe the twisty kind, macaroni, and angel hair pasta (its just spaghetti pasta but thinner but it reminds me of rice noodles).

[im-a-gay-robot]

hiiiii! id like to request any of these numbers for the ship ask meme for sarge/donut cuz we were talking about them earlier and youve caught my interest with them 👀 (if ur not up to doing sarge/donut, pick any ship u want!! :D): 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 19, 20, 26, 28, 30, 31, 47, 51, 56

Ok this is gonna be a long one lol (Also, I wanna say I started to like this ship after reading in a fic and then I could stop thinking about Grif saying 'glazed Donut holes' so I haven't loved it for a long time, but I'm gonna do my best)

3. Do they wear the other’s clothes? (sweatshirt, bandana, necklace, etc.) Absolutely, Donut loves wearing Sarge's clothes even if they're a little short on him (new crop top) and he loves to see Sarge in his cute clothes, but he has limits. But Sarge does let Donut pick out clothes for him so that's kinda sharing clothes.

5. Describe their cozy night in. Donut always lights candles because he says it's good for your mental health and it makes Sarge stop cleaning his shotgun, which is what he wants to do on a night in, because he can't see well enough by candlelight. Once the candles are lit Sarge puts away all his tools and guns and they both climb onto the couch to cuddle and put on Sarge's 'stories,' they both love the drama.

8. What happens if one of them gets sick? If Sarge gets sick then the world may as well be ending. He howls like a baby and Donut takes care of him because no one else will. He brings orange juice and tissues and runs his fingers through his hair till Sarge falls asleep. When Donut is sick Sarge lets him off red team duties, which is nicer than he is to the others when they're sick. And he lets Donut cuddle with him even though he fears the evil germs that the blues definitely had a part in.

10. Describe their first date. They don't have a 'first date' as one would typically call it. It's always hard to get time alone and there's nothing really to do anyway when they do, so the first time they get alone time Donut sets up a private wine and cheese hour for the two of them. They get really drunk and Sarge gets super emotional and they bond real good. Of course, Sarge claims to forget it all in the morning but they're much closer afterward even though Sarge refuses to talk about his emotions (until after they leave Blood Gulch).

12. Do they have many heated arguments? How do they smooth things over? They don't have heated arguments very often, usually, they only fight over silly stuff, like Donut's need for decorating and making everything in both their rooms is cute and 'feng shui' when Sarge just wants him to not touch his stuff and leave it alone. But Sarge never raises his voice at Donut because he may or may not have some trauma and will probably start crying. All it takes to cool them down is Sarge setting a line for how much Donut can change and usually Donut listens. The only time they had a really bad argument was when Donut was shot by Wash and Sarge was scared he was dead and started yelling, but it was just because he was too emotional and didn't know how to handle it. But Donut just held him until he started crying and Donut told him he was basically invincible now, so he shouldn't worry anymore.

14. How do their personalities complement each other? How do they clash? They're pretty different personalities, Donut is very positive and makes Sarge happier by just being around (not that he lets other people see him smile like that) and Sarge lets Donut be his most authentic self and do all the thieving and murdering he likes. Also, Donut likes to talk and talk, but Sarge is fine just listening as long as Donut doesn't keep asking his opinion over and over. But they definitely clash when it comes to style and interests, Donut likes lace and lightish red-related things, while Sarge is more of a rugged hunter-type look. They still find things to relate to each other on, like their telenovelas and annoying Grif and Simmons. And even when they do their own thing they spend time together, Donut will sit with Sarge while he fixes/robots, and Sarge will join Donut while he watches Project Runway.

19. How do they feel about PDA? Donut loves PDA because it makes the others uncomfortable and Sarge doesn't care so he lets Donut do whatever he likes.

20. Choose one song that perfectly describes their relationship. Oh no, I'm not good at this uhhhh the Stacy's Dad song going around by Sub-Radio.

26. What are their vices? Ok, they're both a little too into murder which is certainly a vice I'd say, but in all seriousness. Donut isn't good with money and Sarge has trouble saying no to him. Also, Sarge smokes cigars because he thinks it looks cool.

28. What are their thoughts on pet names? Do they have any? My first thought is that Donut is really into pet names because it makes Sarge really flustered, but Sarge is actually the one to use them more. He calls Donut 'cupcake' and 'princess' without even really thinking about it.

30. Your OTP gets to pick out each other's outfits; what is each wearing? Donut is wearing full hunting gear and Sarge is wearing the sexy cop uniform.

31. Can they sit side by side without touching the other or are they handsy? (lacing fingers, touching knees, etc.) No. Donut needs to be in someone's lap pretty much at all times tbh and Sarge likes to be touching Donut in some way because he worries in the back of his head if he's not touching him he's gonna get hurt again.

47. Does either of them have a secret that could potentially ruin their relationship? Ok, if you've seen BGC like I have then you know that Sarge has some real childhood trauma and if he isn't careful he can hurt Donut, but it's not exactly a secret. Once it comes out though they're both a little better off. Donut is a little too open, but nothing that could ruin their relationship.

51. What’s a non-verbal way they say I love you? Donut cleans Sarge's room while redecorating and buys him new clothes (sometimes ones he'd even actually wear). And Sarge fixes things in the house before Donut has to ask. They're both very 'acts of service mean I love you' kind of people.

56. What do they do to turn the other on/put them in the mood? Donut has the skimpiest of outfits and wears them whenever he wants to bone and they definitely work. Sarge just runs his hands on Donut's body and then the younger can't control himself. They're both actually very horny during Blood Gulch, but cool off a bit after.

Ask me about any ship~

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[violetsystems]

The entirety of my Facebook data deletes tomorrow. They make you wait a month and I'm sure some shadow government agency can still look at your travel photos and how many times you shopped at H&M. At least I'm part Swedish. People out here love throwing capitalism from where you are supposedly from four generations back in your face and claiming that's your culture. No honey that's your shopping bag. Don't you like furniture? Don't you want a ride in my Volvo? I'm Croatian and German too and honestly I can't stand October fest or Titoism. My culture is making the CEO of Costco step down because his store is harboring a secret labor revolution. Who cares about the price of the hot dog? I'm not even forklift certified but I do like to fork myself. What's more American than terrorism? Masturbation? Blaming terrorism on the "other team" instead of actual diplomacy is kind of masturbatory logic for a sports fan. I'm not even going there in that argument because I'm supposed to stick with my culture. I'm protestant and they hit an Episcopalian hospital so there's layers there for sure. Especially on a block with bishops. But I should stick with arguments I know right? Swedish meatballs and easily assembled furniture. How Feng Shui of me? But I will say some people out here need to find themselves and leave God alone. I was in a car crash too. Can I blame Denny's? Or Michael Flatley's river dance because I was a greeter at the WTTW store of knowledge in Orland Square mall and had to watch that shit on loop playing with devil sticks. That won't fit on my resume. If you are on a need to know basis about my life out there in LA? Ask Facebook. You have one more day. Whatever two bit drunk ass punk rock sleeper cell I'm connected to on there by accident is less American than I want to be. I was actually a nerd in high school. I don't need to be reminded of how lame people turned in their forties. Communicating with inspirational memes on instagram because Tumblr won't market your dj career. You want to be linked to a hate crime because of a shopping bag that's about as America as it gets. I don't need Facebook to help you. This hellsite is bad enough. You are programmed to fight each other for something you don't even understand or have any control over because you hate yourself. I'm sorry I love me. Were you hurt as a child? Did Linkedin ask you about childhood trauma in the job search that goes absolutely nowhere? Are you going to cry about in a forum somewhere? Mind your own business and keep your commentary about my skin tone to yourself. You are lucky I spell it out for you. Go back to college and learn some reading comprehension. If all you understand is crackhead numerology then maybe take a look at your country's deficit instead of communicating dumb shit to me. We're all broke. At least I am not morally bankrupt. Talk is cheap. Blaming the victim is classless. MF’s out here spend more on hair bleach than student loans.

[lav-jjba-brainrot]

Ok, collecting my thoughts about Stone Ocean now that I have finished the anime.

Of course Major JJBA Spoilers under the cut/ "read more"

I really loved this ending arc, especially how emotionally charged Weather's backstory was and the final fight after Jolyne almost dies by C Moon and Jotaro's return and everything after that in part 6. Out of all of the parts thus far, it's my favorite ending by far.

Looking back at the episodes, I think it only starts getting good at the second batch, at least writing wise. But getting through the first batch is definitely worth it.

Other Notes/Comments:

I didn't mention this in my last post talking about part 6, but I don't really hate the Dragon's Dream fight. I find it's ability pretty interesting, and not as confusing as everyone argues it is. It's definitely me and me understanding more abstract concepts easily. I already had encountered Feng Shui, although briefly, through Animal Crossing. Basically, how I understood it, Dragon's Dream is simply pointing out unlucky directions in someone's or an objects behavior/stance, where they are vulnerable.

Although I do dislike Yo Yo Mama, I agree he is pretty creepy and icky

I also really enjoyed Rikiel. I did relate to Rikiel's anxiety, but mine is nowhere near intense as his.

Heavy Weather's ability is honestly more confusing/convoluted/makes less sense than Dragon's Dream. Like I get the idea of subliminal messaging, but I feel like using Weather reports weather control to make rainbows, that then have subliminal images of snail that then turn people into snails? I feel like it's a stretch, and I feel like it doesn't really make sense within Wes's character.

I'll have to comment on my thoughts on the other parts at some point.

Closing thoughts:

Overall, I think each batch, at least writing wise, gets better as it goes on.

As of now that I have finished it, I guess I'm trying to cope with the fact that there will be no continuation of this universe I've grown so attached to. It's been three years since I've started Jojo and it has become my special interest.

I'll have to post about my thoughts on the other parts here. I'm reading the manga now, starting with phantom blood.

How I discovered Jojo and why it's so important to me:

I was introduced to it by two of my old Minecraft friends, all three of us have moved on since then. (The server we played on died quite a long time ago.) One of them was a guy a handful years older than me. I'll call him 'Bob' here. The other was a kid about a year younger than me, who I'll name 'Red' for the sake of this post. There was also two other friends from what I can remember, but it isn't really important to this story. We hung out quite a bit, and got to know quite a bit about eachother.

At some point (I don't really remember) the two found out they both were Jojo fans, and they made references and memes. Both of them egged me to watch Jojo.

Just like now, I tended to watch it in spurts at a time. Because of that, I also saw/looked up memes in between when I would watch Jojo.

But I also saw major spoilers, including memes about Kakyoin's death before I even got to part 3. That in particular was completely spoiled/ruined for me. I didn't feel much about Kakyoin's death because I already knew it was coming and about the fight following.

Only now that I have done enough research about his character and connected to him after the fact can I truly appreciate his sacrifice and mourn his death.

Tangent about Jotaro

In addition, I didn't really like Jotaro until I watched analyses of his character. I personally feel like it's mostly the anime to blame. Even though he does show some emotion, it definitely isn't as noticeable as the manga. I know that Jotaro isn't a character who wears his emotions on his sleeves, but I feel like many people including me were unable to connect with him. I wish they would have made his emotions more clear, at least at the start of the anime. It was many western fans, including me, introduction to Jotaro, and I wish they would have done him full justice.

UPDATE in the middle of writing this:

If I were to recommend Jojo to anyone, I would recommend they read the manga of Part 3, at the very least the first few chapters.

I still had Bob in my Discord DMs, so I decided to shoot him a message (+friend request again so I could message him) about how I finished Stone Ocean; since he was one of the people who got me into Jojo. Luckily he accepted the friend request, and we caught up. I also told him about my parody Jojo characters, mainly Frank, since he seemed most entertained by him.

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